One of the best known species is the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.

Horse-chestnut leaf miner, a moth.

The horse-chestnut leaf miner (Cameraria ohridella) is a leaf-mining moth of the Gracillariidae family.

Horse-chestnut leaf miner (Cameraria ohridella)

Additionally, horse-chestnut leaf miner moth caterpillars (Cameraria ohridella) ate the tree's leaves, causing them to turn brown prematurely and fall off.

Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.

The dead patches that the horse-chestnut leaf miner causes on leaves are similar to damage caused to horse-chestnut trees by the fungus Guignardia aesculi, but can be distinguished by the fungal infection often being outlined by a conspicuous yellow band which the mines lack.

One of the best known species is the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.

Taxon page for Cameraria ohridella Deschka & Dimic 1986.

The horse-chestnut leaf miner (Cameraria ohridella) is a leaf-mining moth of the Gracillariidae family.

Horse-chestnut leaf miner (Cameraria ohridella)

Worries were voiced over the leaf-miner moth, Cameraria ohridella, which has appeared in the region and could have a detrimental effect on conker yields.

Additionally, horse-chestnut leaf miner moth caterpillars (Cameraria ohridella) ate the tree's leaves, causing them to turn brown prematurely and fall off.

Cameraria ohridella was first noticed from outbreaks near Ohrid Lake, Macedonia in 1984, and was described as a new species by Deschka and Dimić in 1986.

Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.